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45th Year.
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MEDFORD, OREGON . 4DAY, APRIL 17, 1950
NO. 22
BY VATICAN
roust.
CHURCH STATE
PACT
Railroad
Locomotive Men
Plan Movement
To Enforce Demand
More Firemen Sought
On Diesel Engines
Chicago, Apr. 17 (U.R) A
spokesman for the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and En--jjinemen
said today the union
plans to strike to enforce de
mands for an additional fireman
on diesel locomotives, and is de
laying a strike call only to clear
up details of when and where it
will be staged.
General Strike Unplanned
There was no indication of
whether the union plans a gen
eral strike against all roads us
ing multiple-unit diesels or con
fine the walkout to individual
roads or regions. The strike will
be called unless there is an un
expected settlement, the spokes
man said.
The union today called in ad
ditional officials for a meeting
here to work out details for a
walkout.
The meeting adjourned until
8:30 a.m. (PST) tomorrow, pend
ing the arrival of the additional
officials.
The union claims 110,000
members on the nation's rail
roads. The spokesman said no meet
ings have been scheduled be
tween the firemen and manage
ment representatives.
"Determining when, where,
and how we are going to strike
is the only thing holding up the
announcement," he said.
Sources Speculate
Railroad sources have specu
lated that the firemen might
strike against all dieselized
roads; individual roads, or all
the railroads in a particular re-,
lion.
The union wants the railroads
to put an additional fireman on
multiple-unit diesel engines.
Registration lor
Election Near End
Only one day remains for
voters to register before the May
19 primary elections. After to
morrow, voters who have failed
to register with any of the nu
m e r o u s registrars scattered
throughout the county will have
no voice in helping to deter
mine which candidates will run
lor public office in the general
elections next November, and
in several local issues.
The registration desk in the
county clerk's office will be
closed at 5 p.m. tomorrow, but
booths maintained by the
League of Women Voters will
be kept open both tonight and
tomorrow night in Medford ele
mentary schools for the conven
ience of Medlord voters.
Those who must register are
those who have failed to vote
within the past two years,
those who have moved to a dif
ferent precinct and those who
have changed their names
through marriage or court
action.
In addition to nominating can
didates for office, voters at the
primaries will be called upon to
decide a number of vital local
1 Issues. A bond issue for the con
struction of a new pipe line to
Big Butte springs, matters in
connection with the improve
ment of the Medford fire de
partment, and the recall of the
mayor and a counSJman at Ash
land may all be placed on the
primary ballots.
Las Vegas, Nov., Apr. 17 (U.R)
Skyscraping Actor Jerome
Courtland. 23, honeymooned to
day with Polly Bcrgin, 19-year-old
singer he met while taking
vocal lessons.
Ashland Cabinet Factory
Destroyed By Sunday Fire
Ashland, Apr. 17 U.P The
30-year-old plant of the Ashland
cabinet works was destroyed by
fire last night with an estimated
damage of between $20,000 and
$25,000.
Spreads Rapidly
The flames, feeding on the tinder-dry
wooden structure and
stored supplies, razed the build
inc in half an hour.
Fire Chief Harry McNair said
firemen and volunteers prevent
ed the flames from spreading to
a new addition to the-cabinet
shop and to a tank car on a sid
ing at the rear of the building.
Flames shot 90 feet into the
air. but lack of a wind prevented
their spread to the thickly con
gested residential district of Ash
land across the street.
Brotherhood Slates Strike
THRONG SEES SCOUT SHOW AT ARMORY Picture above is a general view of the main
floor of the Medford armory as it looked Saturday evening when the largest "Scouting Adventure"
exposition in this area's history drew a crowd estimated at more than 3,000. To the left in the fore
ground and middle distance are the bridge and tower constructed of logs and rope by Troop 19, Pros
pect, which won for them the President Christensen streamer for all-around excellence. Across the
top of the picture can be seen the rope "monkey bridge," put in place by Troop 10, Medford.
(Brainerd photo).
Verdict Clarified
In $50,000 Suit
For Damages Here
A story in Sunday's edition of
the Matfl Tribune concerning
the verdict in a $50,000 damage
suit was subject to possible mis
interpretation, it was pointed
out this morning by parties in
volved in the litigation.
The suit was brought by Ed
ward Gaines, seeking damages
for serious injuries incurred in
an accident on Jan. 23, 1948. on
the Crater Lake highway near
Camp White. Named as defend
ants were Cloyd A. Golden,
driver of a truck which collided
with the vehicle driven by
Gaines, and B. F. Nork and the
Elk Lumber company.
During the circuit court trial
concluded Saturday before
Judge H. K. Hanna, attorneys
for Nork and Elk Lumber com
pany contended that Golden
was an independent contractor
hauling lumber or Nork, and
that Nork was also independent,
and not an employee of Elk
Lumber company.
The jury, in effect, corrobor
ated this contention when it de
cided that neither Nork nor Elk
were liable for damages in the
case. The entire $50,000 in dam
ages were awarded to Gaines
from Golden.
Attorneys George Roberts,
G. W. Kellington and Edward
Branchficld successfully defend
ed Nork in the suit, and Frank
Van Dyke was counsel for Elk
Lumber company. Not only
were Nork and Elk cleared of
liability, but under normal pro
cedure in such cases will rcceiv'
court costs from the plaintiff.
Gaines was represented by
Don Newbury. ,
Many Thefts from Cars
Reported by Polks
Numerous auto owners report
ed thefts of accessories from
their vehicles during the week
end, city police reported. The
pilfering was thought to be the
work of youths.
Fender skirts, hub caps, a gear
shift knob and aerials were
among the items missing.
Police also had a report that
light bulbs were taken from the
marquee at the What Not cafe.
McNair said the fire mav have
been started by hoboes resting
underneath the shop,
zhil Stansburg. shop manager,
said the loss was covered by in
surance. He said work will con
tinue from the new, modern
plant recently erected adjacent
in the old building.
Crowds Hamper Firemen
Firemen said crowds jamming
around the fire hindered the
work of the firefighters and
some alarm was felt when high
tension lines burned out but did
not fall.
The last big fire In Ashland
was exactly a year ago tomor
row, when a sawmill at the
Lumber Mills corporation burned
to the ground at a loss of $100,-000.
Prospect Boys Earn
Exposition Streamer
Troop 19, Prospect, received
the President Christens en
streamer for all-around excel
lence at the Boy scout exposition
in the Medford armory Saturday
evening, for its display of pio
neering skills. The display in
cluded a tower and bridge made
entirely of rope and logs.
Wally Denkins is scoutmaster
of the Prospect troop. ,
An estimated 3,000 persons
crowded into the armory during
the two-hour show, scout leaders
said this morning. H. D. Chris
tensen. president of the Crater
125 MPH Speed by
Model Plane Wins
Ray Edwards. Medford, with
a speed of 124.95 miles per hour,
took top honors at the control
line speed model airplane con
test held yesterday at the Med
ford high school by the Medford
Prop Nuts, local gas model air
plane club.
Edwards won the class CD
speed event using a plane of his
own design with a McCoy 60 en
gine for power. Albert Allen.
Central Point, won second in this
event with a speed of 108.39, and
uaie icwton, Medford. placed
third with a speed of 95.71.
In the class AB event Edwards
also won first with a speed of 95
miles per hour: tdwards son,
Larry, placed second with a
speed of 91: John Bcardsley,
Klamath Falls, came in third
with a speed of 85.75: Clarence
Young. Medford, fourth, with
85.5, and Allen fifth, with 79
miles per hour.
Stunt Event
Clarence Young won the stunt
event with a total point value of
174, Edwards took second with
172. Dick Simonson placed third
with 167 and Larry Edwards took
fourth with 97 points.
The next scheduled contest
will be a free flight contest to
be held at Camp White May 7
and will include all classes of
gas engine competition, an event
for rubber powered ships which
will include the Oregon elimina
tions for the Wakefield event.
This contest is held each year in
the country which won it the pre
vious year. This year's finals will
be held in Finland.
MYSTERY SUB This mystery submarine was photographed by a crewman aboard the racing yacht
Westward Ho during the San Clement races to Catallna Island. The Westward Ho approached to with
in about 75 yards of the sub when two khaki-uniformed men on tho conning tower jumped Inside, and
the submarine submerged, according to crewmen of the yacht, Comdr John P, Currle, nibmarlnc officer
at Trfirir I-iand r.'rv-i! ?rt-. San Francisco, tninxs It's a U. S. sub ot tht Oa-r v.' Corvlr. T 'lTie, t
who made the last war patrol on the Chsrr lr Mid C. 3. su' -rrre operating la the Ctuuizu are
when Uia taema cub lighted, .
Lake area council of the Boy
Scouts of America, said that the
event was the "most outstanding
such exposition in the histor-' of
the council.
Awards Given
Other awards presented to
scout troops included the blue
ribbon to Troop 5. Medford
Scoutmaster Paul Shaffer, ' for
woodworking, and a red ribbon
to Troop 35, Jacksonville, Wayne
Mcisner, acting and assistant
scoutmaster, for woodcarving.
Cub awards included red rib
bon to Pack s0, Cubmastcr Don
Elliott, for cub handicrafts, and
the blue ribbon to Pack 44, Lone
Pine, C. Taylor, cubmastcr, for
their peep show.
Special mention went to the
following units:
Pack 8, Medford, E. M. Cook
sey, cubmastcr, for dancing
dolls: Troop 10. Medford, Mel
Cotton, scoutmaster, for their
monkey bridge; Troop 3, Med
ford. Wes Christlieb, scoutmas
ter, for camping: Troop 9, Med
ford. Dr. W. Roberts, scoutmas
ter, for advancement, and to
the Sea scout ship "Rogue,"
Skipper Bob Prow, for their
breeches buoy.
Scout Executive Cliff Hanson
said today that next year's plans
are for a scout circus for boys
from the entire council.
Spray Information
Reported by Agent
Continuing his up-to-the min
ute timetable of spraying infor
mation for orchardists, County
Agent C. B. Cordy said pear
trees should be sprayed for
blight control when 35 per cent (
of the blossoms are open and
only when the trees are dry.
They should be sprayed or dust
ed with a fixed copper.
Orchardists who dust should
use 25 pounds per acre of a dust
containing five to seven per cent
of metallic copper. For a spray,
they should use one of the fol
lowing wettable materials per
100 gallons: one pound of copper
hydro, three-quarter pound' of
spray-eop, one-half pound of
COC'S or one-half pound of cop
per A. The material should not
be used in a concentrated form,
Cordy said.
Federal Bureau
Has No Evidence
Of Crime Syndicate
McGrath Testifies
Before Subcommittee
Washington, Apr. 17 (U.R)
Attorney General J. Howard Mc
Grath said today the justice de
partment has "no evidence" of
"any great national (crime) syn
dicate of any size."
However, McGrath said, there
are many sizeable organizations'
which are "active" in local
areas.
McGrath made the statement
before a senate commerce sub
committee in reply to questions.
McGrath asked the subcommit
tee to deliver a "knockout blow"
to gambling syndicates by deny
ing them use of interstate com
munications facilities.
"Do you know of any so-called
nationwide crime syndicate?"
Sen. Homer E. Capehart, (R.,
Ind.) asked. i
"I'm not able to answer," Mc
Grath said.
"Do you know where we
might secure the answer?" Cape
hart pressed.
"I wouldn't know," McGrath
said.
Later, Sen. Edwin C. Johnson
(D., Colo.) asked if McGrath was
able to testify about "national
crime syndicates."
"No, I'm not," the attorney
general replied.
"Do you have any evidence
(about crime syndicates)?" John
son asked.
"I do not have evidence . . .
that there are large scale big
business operations built around
illegal undertakings," McGrath
replied.
Then he added, "we do not
know in the department of jus
tice of any great national syndi
cate ... of any size."
McGrath was the opening wit
ness as the subcommittee, head
ed by Sen. Ernest W. McFarland
D Ariz.) began hearings on
legislation to outlaw interstate
transmission of Information
which could be used Illegally for
gambling.
Confusion Reigns in
Springfield Offices
Springfield, Ore., Apr. 17
U,R) City government came to
a virtual halt in Springfield to
day.
Four Dolicemen resigned, fol
lowing the lead of their police
chief Clell Pryor.
The ritv hall was locked, and
nobodv could be found immedi
ately who knew the combination
to the citv s safe because L-ity
Recorder Kenneth Gile and his
secretary-wife quit Saturday.
City Manager Fred uneainam
was f red-by tne cny council
Thursday night and City Attor
ney Marvin Sanders quit a wcck
aeo "to avoid any further dis
sension."
Four more policemen were re
ported to be ready to resign, ana
Pryor announced that he had ac
cented a job as police chief in
Tillamook effective Mav 1.
The series of upheavals In
Springfield's government had
their roots in the battle between
the city's "good government
league and Mayor JJ. f. L,ar
son's administration.
Medco High Bidder on
Butte Falls Timber
Medford corporation was suc
cessful bidder today in an oral
sale of 7,880,000 board feet of
timber in a tract of the Butte
Falls O and C forest unit. The
tract is north of Butte Falls.
The sale was conducted at the
city hall by the Medford office of
the bureau of land management.
Medford corporation offered $87,
476.50 for the timber, mostly
dnuglas fir. Appraised price was
$64,036.50. The successful bid
der and Magnolia Lumber com
pany and Alley Lumber com
pany submitted a total of 34 of
fers. '
Auction of 6,270,000 feet of
timber in the Jenny creek forest
unit also was being conducted
today.
JL r, JIM
Acma Telephoto)
DEMOLISHED BY CREEPING HILL-Houso lies In shambles on
creeping Coxcomb Hill in Astoria, Ore., where In three months a
slithering earth flow has demolished or damaged 21 homes. On the
north side ot the same hill, geologists warn of a potential slide
forming that would do much more damage than the present land
slide. About 50 per cent of the city's 18,000 residents live on the
north slope. Coxcomb Hill damages are estimated at $150,000,
2 More Homes Added
To Toll In Astoria
Astoria, Ore,. Apr. 17 !U.R)
Two homes were added today to
the list of buildings that must be
moved from Astoria s Coxcomb
hill as it slips nine feet daily
toward the Columbia river.
They brought to six the num-
PTT To AddIv for
Increase in Rates
On Phone Service
A "premature news break" In
Portland Saturday revealed that
the Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company tomorrow will
ask the Oregon public utilities
commissioner for permission to
increase rales for its services
throughout the state.
The information was revealed
following a similar company
proposal in California, and J. H.
Creager, Medford and Ashland
PTT manager, said today that a
full schedule of propnsed rates
will be released as soon as the
request is filed in Snlcm.
If thp rates are unopposed at
PUC hearings they will go into
effect one month later. The pro
posed increase would be the
third in three years.
Creager said the new schedule
docs not provide for changes in
present rates for farm line tele
phones, or for business or resi
dence phones.
Day station intrastate long
distance rates will not be
changed, he said, except that on
present 10 cent routes the initial
period will be three minutes In
stead of five minutes. Minor in
creases at certain mileage steps
ranging from five to twenty-five
cents are proposed for night and
Sunday station-to-station calls, as
well as person-to-pcrson rates.
Company officials said that
"The number of telephones we
serve In Oregon has increased
In the last 10 years by 115 per
cent, considerably more than the
record-breaking 59 per cent pop
ulation increase in the same pe
riod. But this outstanding accom
plishment still has not been
enough, and has produced grave
financial problems. Our rate ap
plication Is a necessity In order
that our earnings can be brought
to a level that will attract the
millions of dollars of new capi
tal needed to supply still more
and better service . . ."
Two Jailed for Theft
Of Can of Tuna Fish
Donald Clinton Hopper and
Francisco Morales, both of Im
perial rooms, Medford. arc being
held In county all in lieu of $1,
500 bail each for taking a can
of tuna fish from a local store.
The charge lodged against the
air Is larceny from a store
uilding. a felony In Oregon.
They were arraigned in county
Justice court Saturday and have
waived preliminary hearing.
ber of houses slated for moving
this week. Thirteen have been
moved, three were smashed to
kindling last month and another
Is riding the crest of the phen-
ominal earth flow.
Began In January
The slide began In January
after 12 inches of rain and 30
inches of wet snow soaked
through 30 feet of topsoil to a
layer of clay limestone.
Lubricated by the water, the
limestone shelf permitted a big
chunk of topsoil to begin sliding
downhill to damage or destroy
23 homes, tear up streets and
sidewalks, and rip up utilities.
Meanwhile, city officials said
an anonymous resident has re
quested permission to buy prop
erty now Deing ruined by the
slide. l
"I think that property is go
ing to he about the most stable
in Astoria when this slide stops,"
he is reported as saying, "and I
want to build a house on it."
Public Land Given
Officials said they would not
sell the slithering land at this
time. The city is giving public
land to residents losing their
p-opcrtv in the earth flow.
Dr. Harvey Rones said no one
has offered to buy his home and
property for $4,000 cash. He put
it up for sale the day 12 feet of
his backyard broke loose and
headed for the river.
Toledo, O., Apr. 17 (U.R) Dr.
Charles Joseph Bushncll, one
time president of Pacific uni
versity at Forest Grove, Ore.,
died here Sunday at the age
of 74.
Coastal Residents Dislike
Oil Washed Up On Beaches
Seaside, Ore., Apr. 17 U,R)
Two principal beach resorts of
the northwest were literally
swimming in oil today and coast
line residents didn't like it.
More thnn 30 miles of Oregon
and Washington beaches lace
ruin as vast slickey smelly
patches of oil threaten to dis
rupt a multi-million-dollar tour
ist business.
No one knows where the un
wanted stuff comes from, but
residents here and on the 27
mile Long Beach, Wash., penin
sula have placed the blame on
everything from Russian sub
marines to freighters scuttling
waste oil as they enter or leave
the mouth of the Columbia
river.
Damage from the mystery oil
has ranged from killing migra
tory birds to being a health
menace to swimmers, ruining
clothing and creating a fire
hazard to piers and pilings.
Presence of the oil has been
noted in this area and at some
California points during past
years, but observers rate this
spring's tide as the greatest by
lar.
Coast guard and corps of en
gineers observers said the worth
iest oil might coma from sunken
Catholic Church
Denies Knowledge
Of Agreement
Reported Agreement
Amazes Vatican
Vatican City. Aor. 17 M.Vt.
The Vatican officially denied any
Biiuwieuse ioaay oi a purported
agreement between the Catholic
church and the communist cov.
eminent of Poland.
The official Polish news
agency PAP reported Saturday
mice jukii r-uiisn tainouc
clergymen and government of
ficials had signed an agreement.
The agency said that under the
agreement the church recogniz-
ea me auinority of tne Polish
state in all but purely religious
mailers.
Vatican quarters noted that
the Polish government announc
ed the alleged state-church ac
cord while Stefan Cardinal
Sapieha of Poland was in Rome.
"If there was any accord," one
such source said, "It must have
been more a "diktat' than an ac
cord." He added that such an
accord would mean for the
church "not a modus Vivendi
but only a modus vegetandi (not
a way of living but of slow
death)."
The Polish news agency re
ported from Warsaw Saturday
that an agreement had been
signed in Warsaw in which the
church recognized the authority
of the state in all but purely re
ligious matters.
But Msgr. Valerian Meysztow-
lcz, canonist consultant of the
Polish embassy to the Vatican,
said: ,
"If there is an accord, it must
be a local one. It may be be
tween a single Polish bishop
and a government representa
tive. But not with the whole
Polish episcopate."
Vatican sources, who were
amazed by the reported agree
ment, pointed out that Arch
bishop Stefan Cardinal Sapieha
of Cracow, Poland's leading car
dinal, now is in Rome for the
church Holy Year celebration
and had not heard of any
agreement.
VA Reminds Veterans
Of 61 Bill Deadline
The deadline for most veter
ans for starting a course of edu
cation and training under the
Gl bill is 15 months away July
25, 1951.
A veterans administration re
gulation, issued today, states that
the majority of veterans will not
be permitted to begin GI bill
courses after that date. An ex
ception has been made for those
discharged after July 25, 1947,
and those who enlisted or re
enlisted under the armed forcei
voluntary recruitment act.
Veterans who have started
and actually are pursuing GI
bill training on that date will be
allowed to continue the course
with full benefits. He will be
considered to be in training even
though he has temporarily inter
rupted the course for the sum
mer vacation or for other reasons
beyond his control.
SCHOOL PLANS SHOWN
Rogue River, Apr. 17 In the
Hill building window on Depot
street has been placed the archi
tect's drawings of the first six
rooms in a proposed grade
school, and of the proposed ad
dition to the high school build
ing. Birth rate charts also show
the Increased population in Ore
gon and the United States. A
community meeting to discuss
the plans and the coming bond
election will be held in the high
school gym tonight at 8 p.m.
tankers off the coast or from
freighters illegally pumping out
bilge oil within the three-mile
limit.
The sunken tanker theory
comes from reports that a num
ber of sinkings occurred near
here during the war. Once water
broke through a tanker's sides,
its load might flood the beaches
with as much as five million
gallons of oil.
A few more theories about
the northwest's worthless "oil
strike" included:
Russians Blamed
Oil-d rilling operations at
Grays Harbor, Wash., some 60
miles north of here, havevcaus
ed seepage from the ocean floor
and currents have swept the oil
to sea and back on the beaches.
Russian agents are dumping
the stuff to promote domestic
discord.
A sub-ocean oil deposit has
erupted. ,
In Portland, shipping officials
said passing ships couldn't dump
enough oil to blight such a large
area. Law requires ships to jet
tison waste oil outside the three
mile limit and the ocean would
assimilate the waste before it
could reach Oregon-Washington
shores.